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US 6,724,445 B2Granted
Display element frame for a portable device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorYoshifumi Natsuyama
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Abstract
A frame is disclosed for retaining an LCD panel with a liquid crystal material interposed between two glass substrates disposed so as to face each other. The frame has a frame body for placing the panel, an arm oscillatably attached in a planar direction to the frame body, and a stopper formed at the arm so as to be protruded from the frame body and restrict the movement of the planar member in a planar direction.
Claims7
A frame for retaining display panel, comprising:
- a frame body for placing said panel;
- an arm oscillatably attached in a planar direction to said frame body;
- and
- a stopper attached to said arm so as to be protruded from said frame body and function to restrict a movement of said panel in its planar direction,
- wherein a void is formed at said frame body so as to dispose said arm therein and said arm is extended from a sidewall surrounding said void.
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A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
- an LCD panel comprising of two laminated glass substrates;
- a back light unit for irradiating a light to said LCD panel;
- and
- a frame disposed between said LCD panel and said back light unit and used to hold said LCD panel and restrict the movement of said LCD panel in its planar direction,
- wherein said frame comprises:
- a rectangular frame body having a predetermined thickness;
- an arm formed at one of corners of said frame body unitarily with said frame body so that one end becomes a fixed end and the other end becomes a free end with respect to said frame body within a range of said thickness of said frame body;
- and
- a movable stopper erected at said free end side of said arm and used to restrict said movement of said LCD panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.